Game version
Open-door game: pairs pass and receive across the body to turn to a new cone. Each clean receive-and-turn earns your pair a point.
Open Body Receiving
Receive on your back foot so your first touch moves the ball on to the next target.
By Coach Evan Waechtler Youth soccer coach (U11, Cache Valley, Utah) and founder of SSTracker Updated October 30, 2026
Set up
Stand between two partners in a line, 10 yards each way.
Core: Turn on the first touch. Beat your own best.
- Ages
- 11 and up
- Time
- 10 min
- Players
- You and a partner
- Space
- Yard or field
- Bring
- Soccer ball, 3 cones, partner
- Level · skill
- Developing · Passing & Receiving
The steps
How it works
- Stand between two partners in a line, 10 yards each way.
- Open your hips toward the passer.
- Receive with your back foot and pass on to the far partner in two touches.
- Do 30 passes, then swap who is in the middle.
Coaching point
Open up, back foot, move it on.
Make it fun
Play it, don't drill it
Challenge
Levels: Less (turn when stopped), Core (turn on the first touch), More (a partner calls the cone). Beat your own best.
Story
You are opening a door with your body so you can see the whole room.
My best
Beat your own count
Beat your own best. Only your own number counts: today against last time.
Practice makes progress
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